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Hawaiian Airlines, HawaiÊ»i’s flagship carrier, and Japan Airlines, the country’s first international airline, today begin sales of their highly-anticipated codeshare flights for travel starting March 25. Guests traveling between Japan and Hawai‘i will enjoy unrivaled value in a partnership that brings together JAL’s network of over 30 domestic cities and 11 international destinations and Hawaiian’s […]

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Two of the most popular airlines between Hawai’i and Japan today signed a comprehensive new partnership agreement that will greatly enhance the ease and comfort of travel for passengers traveling between the two island chains. The agreement between Hawaiian Airlines and Japan Airlines, signed at a ceremony in Tokyo, takes effect March 25, 2018 (subject […]

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Gov. David Ige, Japan Airlines and the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation announced details of JAL’s return to the Kona International Airport at Keāhole on Hawai‘i Island. JAL is starting a new daily, non-stop service between Narita International Airport in Tokyo and the Kona International Airport.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Tourism Authority has announced Japan Airlines will operate three charter flights to Kona International Airport. The three 767s each carry 234 passengers arriving March 13, March 15 and March 27. Kintetsu International, a leader in corporate travel in Japan, chartered the sold out flights, one from Narita and two from Nagoya, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Japan Airline landed again Saturday at Kona International Airport. The special charter flight carried 179 passengers from Japan who wanted to spend Christmas on the Big Island. The flight arrived at 7:15 a.m. Christmas Day, and passengers from Japan were greeted with lei, cookies and live Hawaiian entertainment. Officials from the Big Island […]

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County, tourism and airline officials hope to resume service in the future

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Contributing Editor Following the announcement that Japan Airlines isconsidering dropping its Kona flight route, a delegation of island visitor industry leaders visited Japan last week. The delegation is expected to make a statement sometime next week about the visit. In addition to urging the airline to reconsider axing the 15-year-old […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), along with representatives from Hawaii County and George Applegate from the Big Island Visitors Bureau, are flying to Japan today to meet with Japan Airlines (JAL) executives regarding the continuation of the Narita (NRT)–Kona (KOA) daily, direct flight. As a part of JAL’s ongoing reorganization after filing for […]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Contributing Editor Japan Airlines has included its Kona flight on a list of casualties as the airline tries to work its way out of bankruptcy. State, county and tourism industry leaders, however, are working to save the direct link between Japan and the Big Island. Last week, reports from Japan […]

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